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HAWTHORNE AGAIN ADDRESSES IAN.
XIoUs INQUIRER"

HAWTHORNE AGAIN ADDRESSES "AN-
xIoUs INQUIRER"
Harsh Words Of DcnunciatiOn From
the Pulpit-.-The Divine Preaching
to His People-..The Literary Sen.
sation Again.
Augista Chronicle.
ATLANTA, Ga, Sept. 1l.-Dr. Hawthorne
preached remarkable sermon to-day, with
Revelations 2:lO as his text-"Be ye faithful
unto death and will give thee crown OF
life" The sermon began as foliows
These words arc not my own. They are
quoted. They are taken from the Bible. They
appear in the last book Of the Bible. That
cur In the second chapter and tenth verse.
They are Gods words. They are the words Of
our risen, assembled and adorable Saviour:
They were communicated to the world
through the Apostle John, during his exile
on Patmos.
This minutcness of statement Is required to
prevent my anonymous slanderers from
what use other ministers would make Of the
text know not what learned commentators
say atout 1t. I have not consulted one of
them. My critics Will hencelorth hold me TO
ouire me to eliminate from my brain every
thing I have ever learned, and begin where
Descartes began to build up his PHILOSOPHY.
CHRISTIAN FIDELITY.
He then spoke for thirty minutes upon
Christian fidelity. Upon the topic of back
apostacy is fear Of suffering Suffering is
never so appalling as when 1t comes In the
form of persecution. 1t will try the very
foundution Of any mans character to be ad-
tern combination of unprlncipled whiskey
drinking, degraded human wretches, that his
wife or daughter will be insulted, or that his
own life will be taken II he attempts the de-
schemes. 1t requires nothing less than n
martyrs grit to stand fast when man knows
that powerful Institution like the Liquor
Dealers association has In ITS service thous.
his good name. No common faith and COM
mon courage will sustain him when he knows
that hundreds of newspapers In the land are
magnifcacently paid to lend their support to
which are now testing the fidelity OF Chris.
:ian men in this so.called "land Of the free
and home Of the brave"
NOT ON TRIAL.
am not on trial by the people of this coun.
try, and therefore have no defence to make.
have lived for more than half century
among them; they have my record.
I was here, bearing burdens and fighting
battles for my country, long before the Inn
me had put his foot on American soil. have
yet TO find respectable man who thinks that
any defence Ia needed. 1t Is my adversarieS
who are on trial-the liquor ring and and their
know what manner of men they are by giv-
ing brief recital Of their recent treatment OF
me- There are hundreds OF men In Atlanta
and elsewhere who have voted against prohi.
bition with pure and manly motives. These
men have my respect, confidence and admir-
tion. Such men are not In sympathy with
liquor rings and their villninous methods
a, 10 hn1 1nnfN
est contempt and loathing of the creatures
who are attempting 10 defeat prohibition BY
making anonymous newspaper assaults up
on me- by fraud, lying; bribery and secret
who have opposed prohibition by honest
methods. give them credit for Impoverished
and unpurchasable manhood: But hired con-
spirators who are using their vile sheets to
besmirch the reputation Of pure and brave
men, I execrate with Indignation as holy as
Heaven.
HIS TRIP TO AUGUSTA.
He then reviewed bis trip to Augusta, his
speech, its publication, etc., the quotation
marks, the defence already set set up IN his reply
why used other material In the book with;
ont putting in quotation marks. How could
I, with any degree OF proprlety. use quotation
marks when not using the exact @ nla lanmguage OF OF
whole pages In few sentences there was no
warrant In known law for the use of quota
tion marks. The manner In which ! used
few facts borrowed from sour Country" has
received unqualified Endorsement Of the best
literary men OF the land, and especially Of
DR., Strong, the author of the book. Their
testimony will be given to the public In due
time.
THE PARALLEL COLUMN.
Now let the world understand how. this
anonymous assassin, anxious Inquirer"
alias w. c. Benet. proceeded to convict me OF
stealing. He arranges the "deadly parallel
column" the awful "deadly parallel column"
Yes IL will prove to be the deadlicSt column
of the age. But deadly only to "Anxious IN.
ouIrer" and his fellow conspirators. II will
cOnSign them to fate In comparison win
which the destruction of the fifty Jerusalem
sinners, upon whom the tower of Sloan fell
unworthy Of mention.
Verify, history repeats itself. What repro.
duction we are about to witness OF the Old
Bible scene Of Haman dangling from the
That :sdeadly parallel column = Let us look
ut 1t. Here Is a long straight line, OH one slide
Of which anxious Inquirer" alias "W. Z.
Benet," has written what "Hawthorne says,
and on the other side what "Dr. strong,
saws. II appears that "Hawt.orne' has used
DR.. Strong s words without giving credit for
them. But why does 1t have that appear.
anceq What Is the question to which am
resolved to hold the cownrdly man who now
tries to escape from public reprooation by
saving that lie will have nothing more to DO
with The matter? Why does that deadly
parallel column" make It appear that used ,
Dr. Strong's book without giving due credit?
Why? Why? For the simple reason that he
did not put into 1t my quotation marks.
That is his trick. and n baser one was never
born of human breath. This deadly parai-
lei column" Is On unmitigated libel which
renders him liable prosecution. But 'AnX'
ious Inquirer'' Is only one man or an imam.
Gus conspiracy. A South Carolina irlend
writes me that Benet has opposed every tenl-
perance measure that has been before the
people OF that State since he entered 1t. Ihnt
fact Is sufficient explanation OF his bastard
ly assault upon me-
UNNAMED CREATURE.
But who Is the unnamed creature who wrote
from this city to the Richmond DLspafch, mat
had stolen the literary treasures OF DR.:
Guthrie. DR.. Fairburn, Joseph Cook and
Sam Jones? In what dirty den Is he hid
away? Who are the miscreantS that write
me anonymous letters, threatening violence
to me and insult to my family? ! have un-
covered Anxious Inquirer alias w: Z. Ben
et and friends in Nelson and Albermarle
counties In NrgIniin are heh,inS me to unreil
Brethren, neighborS, friends and Grorgians
what is tho crime for which Ii am thus hound
ed from day TO day? 1t Is simply that am
honest and dare TO say what / believe. II Is
that have devoted the best years Of my life
10 an honest enucavor to cmanclpuir individ-
uals and communities from the direct curse
that has ever afflicted the race Of man. II |
had not announced my purpose to return to
of the doggery keepers, my South Carolina
assailant would never have pernetrhted his
malicious and dustardly trick. II there were
no scheme on foot TO bring back the dog:cry
curse upon Atlanta, the s-aniels that now
snap at me IN the dark would keep to their